Epigenetics: An Emerging Challenge to Genetic Determinism in Studies of Mental Health and Illness.

The article examines the manner in which genetic determinism is being challenged within epigenetics as related to the fields of mental health and mental illness. Genetic determinism is defined as the belief that genes determine physical and behavioral phenotypes. Topics of discussion include the fie...

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Publicado en:	Social Alternatives Vol. 27; no. 4; pp. 14 - 22
Autor principal:	CANNING, CHRISTOPHER
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Social Alternatives 2008 Fourth Quarter
Materias:	Genetic determinism Mental health Pathological psychology Social sciences Psychiatric research Epigenesis
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